American Legion Post 36 Commander David Patch, CDR/USN (Ret), is proud to announce that Rear Adm. Hugh W. Howard III is this year’s Grand Marshal for the Memorial Day parades in the Boothbay region. “I am honored to be in Maine this solemn weekend,.
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Vermont Business Magazine Norwich University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies (CGCS) has announced that US Army Colonel Christopher P Costa (retired), executive director of the International Spy Museum, will deliver the 2021 CGCS commencement address to approximately 400 students in a virtual ceremony at noon Friday, June 21.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Norwich University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Studies is hosting its annual Residency Conference virtually. The June 25 commencement ceremony concludes a weeklong annual residency conference of 362 students representing 13 online graduate programs and six bachelor’s degree completion programs at the Norwich University campus in Northfield, Vermont.
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Could Navy Commandos Really Use Jetpacks to Seize an Enemy Warship?
Jetpacks, if properly used, could provide a quick way to get aboard a hostile vessle that provides an alternative to a traditional rope and helicopter.
Jetpacks, fast boats, commandos, and a suspect vessel. A recent special operations exercise in Netherlands contained all of the above and showcased one of the most difficult special operations mission-sets.
Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) is a kinetic way to interdict or take down an enemy or suspected vessels. In the US special operations community, Navy SEALs, Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC), Green Berets, Marine Recon operators, Marine Raiders, and even conventional Marines are all trained to varying degrees in VBSS operations.
The thousands of U.S. military personnel serving in Afghanistan will leave over the next four months, with an exit date timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The 20 years have taken a significant toll on personnel stationed in Hampton Roads. According to a U.S. Fleet Forces spokesperson, more than 6,900 personnel serving in the region have deployed to support operations in Afghanistan since 2001.
That doesn t include many units at sea that served in related missions nearby or personnel working on off the books missions.
Where those units are from is not known, but the Navy SEALs based in Hampton Roads have carried out some of the campaign s most significant missions. The Naval Special Warfare Development Group based in Virginia Beach carried out the operation that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.